Podcast Episodes featuring David Autor

David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets

EconTalk - March 14, 2016 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
David Autor of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the fundamentals of trade and his research on the impact on workers and communities from trade with China. Autor's research finds large and persistent effects on manufacturing jobs and communities where those jobs once were. Autor an...

David Autor on the Future of Work and Polanyi's Paradox

EconTalk - October 06, 2014 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of work and the role that automation and smart machines might play in the workforce. Autor stresses the importance of Michael Polanyi's insight that many of the things we know and unde...